Bill-file.



I. M. IEAIIIIER.

BILL FILE. APPLIcATIoII FILED SEPT-28, 1914. 1,155,32. Patentad Oct. 5,1915.

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Inventor I. v, Attorneys COLUMBIA PLANOORAPH (10., WASHINGTON. D. c.

.l. M. TEAMER.

BILL FILE.

APPLICATION man SEPT-28. 1914.

1,155,382. Patented Oct. 5, 1915.

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Inventor Attorneys OLUMBIA PLANOGEAPH IO-WASHINGTON. D c.

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JAMES M. TEAMER, OE EYANSVILLE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO FRED- ERICK W. SGHEPMAN AND ONE-THIRD TO CLINTON T. KOHL, BOTH 0F EVANSVILLE,

INDIANA.

BILL-FILE.

Application filed September 28, 1914.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES M. TEAMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Evansville, in the county of Vanderburg and State of Indiana, have invented anew and useful Bill-File, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bill files of that type utilizing pivotally mounted arched wires.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide means whereby, when actuating the structure to release bills, the arches wires, will be successively lifted out of the tubular posts provided for the ends thereof and swung away froinsaid posts and, when it is desired to lock bills upon the file one operation will successively swing the arched wires to positionwith their points above their receiving tubes and then-shift said points into the tubes.

A further object is to provide a novel form of actuating element for shifting each arched wire in two directionssuccessively and means operating to hold the wires against movement after reaching either limit of their movement.

A further object is to provide means whereby a plurality of bill files or units can be so assembled as to be controlled by one operating element which, when locked, will prevent bills from being lifted off of any of the files.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides inthe conr; bination and arrangement ofwparts and in the details of construction hereinafter de-' i and the arched wires being shown in open Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 5, 1915.

Serial No. 863,916.

positions. Fig. 2 is a section on line AB Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the structure shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the actuating slide. Fig. 5 is an enlarged section on line C D Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a detail view of one of the arched wires. Fig. 7 is a section on line EF Fig. 2. Fig. 8 is a plan view of a portion of the modified form of bill file, a part of the housing being broken. away and the arched wires being shown moved to open positions. Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the operating slide used in connection with said modified construction. Fig. 10 is a perspective view 'of the lower end portion of one of the arched wiresused in connection with the modified structure.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates the back or base board of the bill file, the same being of any desired size and proportion. If desired one of these base boards can be provided for each bill engaging unit or, if preferred,

a number of such units can be arranged along a single board.

Each unit of the bill file, in the structure shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, includes a base plate 2 having spaced bulged portions 3, this base plate and its bulged portions being. provided with a top or covering plate board 1 andupstanding from this extension are tubular,outstanding keepers 7 the free ends of whlch are beveled, as shown at 8. One keeper is provided for each post 5 and each keeper and itspost 5 are disposed on a. line parallel with the line of the other keeper and its post.

An. arcuate ledge 9 is struck upwardly 4 and .rom the base plate 2 within each bulged portion 3 thereof, this, ledge forming av shoulder 10 at oneaend extending downend.

The base 2 and the top plate 4 are provided with opposed paneled portions 12 extending longitudinally thereof to form a guide passage 13, the bulged portions 3 forming portions of one side wall of this passage. In this passage 13 is mounted the actuating slide shown in detail in Fig. 4. This slide is in the form of a'channeled strip 14 having spaced recesses 15 in the upper edge of one side thereof, there being a shoulder 16 at one end of each of these re cesses while the other end of each recess merges into a downwardly inclined slot 17 in said side of the strip, this slot in turn merging into a longitudinally extending slot 18. The inclined slots 17 are parallel and I the longitudinal slots 18 aline and extend in the same direction.

Slidably and "revolubly mounted within each of the tubular portions 5 is a wire 19 having an arm 20 at'its lower end which is angular incross section while the upper end of the Wire is arched, as shown at 21. The lower end portion of each wire 19 extends into the channeled actuating strip 14 and the arms 20 on the wires are normally seated 7 within and extend laterally beyond the slots 18' and normally restupon the base plate 1 and against the shoulders 10. WVhen I the wires are thus located the downwardly or inwardly extending points of the arches 21 are extended downwardly into the tubular keepers 7. As the arms 20are incapable of moving. upwardly within the slots 18 it will be seen that the points of the arches 21 cannot be lifted out of the keepers 7 and, as the arms 20 are gripped between the end walls i of the slots 18 and the shoulders 10, it will be obvious that it is impossible to swing the arched wires 'away from the post. This swinging is further prevented by reason of the fact that the ends of the arched wires extend downwardly into the tubular keepers.

Thus it will be seen that as long as the channeled operating strip 14 is held against longitudinal movement, it becomes impossible to shift the arched wires out of their holding positions. Obviously, therefore, by provid ing a lock for fastening the strip 14 against movement, tampering with or removal of the bills from thefile is prevented. Furthermore by utilizing a series of file units 7 and connecting all of the operating strips 14 17 is. shifted longitudinally so as to move the endwalls of the slots 18 away from the arms 20. "Thus the lower inclined walls of the slots 17 will ride under the arms 20 and V the shoulder 16 will come against the arms 20 and swing them so that the wires 19 will be rotated within the post 5 and the points of the arched portions will be swung away from the keepers 7. This movement will continue until the arms 20 come against the shoulders 11 whereupon further movements of the arched wires will be prevented by reason of the fact that the arms 20 will be gripped between the shoulders 11 and 16.

When the movement of the strip 14 isrreversed, the upper inclined walls of the slots 17 will come against the arms 20 and swing said arms away from the shoulders 11' and along the ledges 9 past the shoulders 10 whereupon they will be lowered by said upper inclined walls of the slot 17 until they are free to be received within the slots 18. During this return swinging of the wires 19, the points willbe brought above the keeper 7 and, when the wires are lowered in the manner-stated, said points will be forced downwardly into the keepers.

In the form of device hereinbefore described the arched wires are adapted to swing" in the'same direction to open position and back together to their closed position. are always disposed in parallel planes. If preferred, however, and as shown in Fig. 8, the arched wires can be simultaneously shifted in opposite directions'when moved to open or closed positions. This modified construction is somewhat similar to that heretofore described. It differs from said described structure, however, in that each of the wires 22, which correspond with the wires 19, has oppositely extending arms 23 at its lower end. Furthermore, the actuating strip 23 is provided in both of its sides with inclined slots 24 merging at their lower In other w ords'said arched portions ends in longitudinal slots 25 and at their neled strip 23 with the oppositely extending arms 23 projecting into the slot 25. Stop lugs 28 are struck upwardly from the base 29 and when the ends of the wires 22 are moved into engagement with the keepers30, certain of the arms 23 ride over these lugs and then drop behind them, thereby to prevent rebounding.

WVhen the strip 23 is pulledlongitudinally the arms 23 come against the lower walls of the inclined slots 24 and are elevated, thus lifting the wires 22 from engagement with their keepers, and the arms 23 from behind lugs 28. Further longitudinal move- The wires 22 will result in the movement of the arms 23 over the stop lugs 28.

What is claimed is 1. In a bill file, the combination with a tubular keeper and an arch member mounted to slide into and out of engagement with the keeper and to rotate, of a slidable actuating member, and means operated thereby during the movement thereof in one direction for successively sliding and rotating the arch member. 7

2. In a bill file, the combination with a keeper and an arch member mounted to slide and rotate, one end of said member being adapted to project into the keeper, of

r an actuating member and means operated by said member during its movement in one direction, for successively sliding the'arch member out of engagement with its keeper and rotating said arch member away from the keeper.

3. A bill file including a keeper, an arch member mounted to slide and rotate, one end of said member beingadapted to project into the keeper, a slidable actuating member, and an arm movable with the arch member and movably engaged by the actuating member, said actuating member and arm cooperating to successively withdraw the arch member from its keeper and to swing said arch member away from the keeper during the movement of the actuating member in one direction.

4. A bill file including a keeper, an arch member mounted to slide and rotate, one end of said member being adapted to project into the keeper, a slidable actuating member, and an'arm movable with the arch member and movably engaged by the actuating member, said actuating member and arm cooperating to successively withdraw the arch member from its keeper and to swing said arch member away from the keeper during the movement of the actuating member in one direction, said arm and actuating member cooperating to hold the arch member against withdrawal from its keeper prior to such movement of the actuating member.

5. A bill file including a tubular keeper having a beveled free end, an arch member.

mounted to slide and rotate, an arm movable with the arch-member, an actuating. member engaging the arm, said actuating member and arm cooperating, during the movement of the arm in one direction, to successively shift the arch'member to position at one terminal thereof above the keeper and to lower said end into the keeper, the wall of the beveled end of the keeper constituting a stop for limiting the swinging movement of said arch member.

6. The combination with spaced members forming a guide passage having a spaced enlargement, a tubular keeper having a bevieled free end, an arch member mounted to slide and rotate, of a channeled actuating member slidable within the guide passage, and means movable with the arch member and cooperating with the actuating member for successively shifting the arch member to position with one end above the keeper and to lower said end into the keeper during the continuous movement of the actuating member in one direction, the wall of the beveled end of the keeper constituting a stop for said arch member.

7. The combination with spaced members forming a guide passage having a spaced enlargement, a tubular keeper having a beveled free end, an arch member mounted to slide and rotate, of a channeled actuating member slidable within the guide passage, and means movable with the arch member and cooperating with the actuating member for successively shifting the arch member to position with one end above the keeper and to lower said end into the keeper during the continuous movement ofthe actuating memher in one direction, the wall of the beveled end of the keeper constituting a stop for said arch member, and supplemental means within the passage for holding the arch member against movement away from its keeper.

8. A bill file including connected base and cover plates forming a guide passage therebetween, posts upstanding therefrom,arched wires mounted to slide and rotate within the posts, arms extending from said wires and within the passage, a keeper for each arched wire, a channeled actuating member mounted to slide within the guide passage, the lower end of each arched member being extended into said strip, an arm upon said end, there being slots within said actuating strip, the walls of the slots cooperating with the arm to successively swing the arch members to position with their free terminals above their respective keepers and tolower said terminals into the keepers during the movement of the actuating strip in one direction and to successively lift said terminals out of the keepers and swing the arch members away from the keepers during the movement of the actuating member in the opposite direction.

9. In a bill file, the combination with a tubular keeper and an arch member mounted to slide and rotate, of a slidable actuating member, means operated thereby during the movement thereof in one direction forsuc- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as cessively rotating the arched member against my oWn, I have hereto afliXed my signature the keeper and sliding it downwardly into in the presence of tWo Witnesses. the keeper, and means cooperating With the JAMES M. TEAMER.

archedflmember for holding said member 7 Witnesses: against rebounding from the keeper When JOSEPH W. R MINER, rotated thereagainst. H. W. KAMMAN.

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